健康与心态
1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。
2. Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。
3. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作, 不玩耍, 聪明小伙也变傻。
4. Health is not valued till sickness comes. 病时方知健康可贵。
5. A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
6. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。
7. Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。
8. Happiness lies first of all in health. 幸福首先在于健康。
9. Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease. 欢乐就是健康, 忧郁就是病痛。
10. He is happy that thinks himself so. 自乐者常乐。
11. Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。
择友与友谊
1. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
2. A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。
3. Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
4. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
5. A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。
6. A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
7. A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。
8. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。
品行与操守
1. Honesty is the best policy. 诚实不欺为上策。
2. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必须自重。
3. Patience is the best remedy. 忍耐是良药。
4. One good turn deserves another. 行善积德。
5. He knows most who speaks least. 大智若愚。
6. A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。
7. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
8. He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 正人须先正己。
9. Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后。
10. Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
11. Penny wise, pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。
12. He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 经常诉苦，没人同情。
13. Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。
常理与法则
1. A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
2. Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
3. Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
4. Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
5. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
6. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
7. Still water run deep. 静水流深。
8. Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。
9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
10. Man proposes, god disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
11. Look before you leap. 摸清情况再行动。
12. Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。
13. Make hay while the sun shines. 良机勿失。
14. He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不进则退。
15. Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。
16. Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。
17. All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。
18. All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
19. Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
20. Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。
21. Four eyes see more than two. 集思广益。
22. He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
23. It is the first step that costs troublesome. 万事开头难。
24. The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 抄近路反而绕远路。
25. Take things as they come. 既来之，则安之。
26. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。
27. The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
28. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
29. Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。
30. Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。
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